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Beneath the Surface
Issue: 2016/09 - September
Highlands Sotheby’s International Realty and Summit One Art Consultants will present an Art Exhibition by Mase Lucas, opening Sunday, September 4, from 1:00 to 4:00 P.M., and continuing through the month of September.
For Mase, color, composition, and the manner in which paint is applied to a surface – these are her first considerations. The initial attraction is to the physicality of paint itself, the texture and viscosity of acrylic and oil, and the spring or resistance of the painting surface. For her, these are the things that make painting compelling.
As far as subject goes, it can be anything at all. For many years, figures were her main interest and she painted them almost exclusively. The figure paintings found a wide audience, but eventually she began painting textural abstracts and for the last number of years, equine themes. The horse paintings have most clearly defined her career.
In the abstracted pieces, subtle color fields are layered, then organized. They’re dependent on one another for depth and variation in the finished piece.
“And for what I hope conveys to the viewer an intended meaning free from literal interpretation,” she says. “Beyond that, my aim is that of most artists, to use the acquired skills in technique and medium to communicate a point-of-view.”
There’s a theme that runs through her representational work. It has something to do with commonality and narrative.
“I don’t strive to convey it; it’s been there from my earliest efforts,” Mase says. “For the non-representational work, just the opposite.”
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